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CLONCURRY: The Bio Cinema
and café has been offered for sale at
$590,000 complete with all equipment
and available with vacant possession
or the potential to redevelop the site.
NAMBOUR: The Sunshine Coast
Arts Industry Precinct transformed an
old ambulance station on Howard St
into a thriving business and cultural
hub. The centre includes a 170-person
sound-proofed theatre, a Bean-Bag CAIRNS: In early July, the giant KENSINGTON PARK: The State
Cinema showing classic films, three movie-screens of the former Coral Government has abandoned its $1.5-
galleries, a recording studio and retail Twin Drive-In Theatre at suburban million, two-year investigation of the
stores. Woree were demolished. The drive-in former Burnside Council’s
sat closed and decaying for over a controversial proposed sale of the
PORT DOUGLAS: Heading north
decade as plans for a massive Chelsea Cinema. The findings in the
for winter, Moonlight Cinemas have
residential development failed to Government report will not be released.
taken their outdoor screenings to the
materialise. Liquidators are selling the With the Wallis Cinemas lease
lush tropical lawns of the Rydges
site on behalf of the Commonwealth expiring at the end of December this
Sabaya Resort. The inaugural season
Bank. year, the council called for “expressions
runs from 1 July to 2 October 2011
of interest” and has a number of parties
with screenings four nights a week.
interested in a lease.
MERMAID BEACH: The former
ADELAIDE: The $8-million
Mermaid 3 Cinemas building has been
refurbishment of the Dunstan
sold for $6 million, almost $800,000
Playhouse has been completed.
less than developer Larry Matthews
Changes were made to the theatre and
paid for it in 2005 for a failed
foyer with improved disability access.
residential development. The site now
$1.5-million of the total went to
houses food outlets KFC and Sizzler as
upgrading backstage.
well as a medical centre and a pool hall.
GOODWOOD: After a year of
financial loss, owner and operator of
the Capri Cinema, the Theatre Organ
Society of SA is exploring alternative
SOUTH AUSTRALIA uses to boost revenue for the single-
screen heritage listed theatre.
LOCKLEYS: With the lease on the
Windsor Theatre up for renewal, there TASMANIA:
have been rumours of closure.
DEVONPORT: To assist stranded
GLENELG: Demolition of the 3- air travellers, the Spirit of Tasmania
screen Glenelg Cinema Centre is provided an extra 100 seats per sailing
BRISBANE: Demolition of the underway. Even the iconic facade of by opening the onboard cinema as
four (1979) auditorium areas of the the former Ozone will be lost as the travelling space. The high-back chairs
Regent Theatre began in late June. 1937 building is demolished for the are the equivalent to economy air.
Only the original heritage-listed (1929) construction of $15-million retail
foyer will be retained as part of the complex.
entrance to a new office tower
development. Holes in the roof at Glenelg.
WONGA: Only re-opened last
Christmas under the experienced
management of Greg Beer, the 3-screen
Wonga Drive-In near Gympie closed
its gates again on July 2 – this time for
good. More than $100,000 had been
spent on improvements, but continued
losses forced the closure. The property
is now up for sale again.

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